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Poll: Californians Split Over Occupy Wall Street

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new survey finds Californians evenly split over the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, though a decisive majority say they agree with the reason for the protests.

The Field Poll results released Tuesday find 46 percent of the state's residents identify with the movement and 49 percent don't.

At the same time, Californians are sharply divided along party lines: nearly two-thirds of Democrats identify with Occupy, while fewer than one-quarter of Republicans do.

The poll found 58 percent agreed with the reason for the protests, though they differed over who to blame for the country's economic problems. Not quite half blamed the federal government, while a third blamed Wall Street.

Californians held the previous Bush administration responsible for the economy by a five-to-three margin over the Obama administration.

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.

 

 

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